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語源

From curb (“raised border または frame”) [from mid-17th c.]. Doublet of curve.

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɝb/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /kɜːb/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)b
• 異形同音異義語: curb, kirb

名詞

kerb (複数形 kerbs)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) The raised edge between the pavement and the roadway, typically made of concrete though originally consisting of a line of kerbstones.
2. A stone ring built to enclose and sometimes revet the cairn or barrow built over a chamber tomb.
3. Alternative form of curb (“raised margin along the edge of a well, etc.”)

派生語

動詞

kerb (三人称単数 現在形 kerbs, 現在分詞 kerbing, 過去形および過去分詞形 kerbed)

1. (Britain, transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.
2. To take a dog to the kerb for the purpose of evacuating.
   • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 35:

     I was fidgeting a bit, because three dogs were sniffing at my ankles in an interested fashion. They were going out to be kerbed[.]

アナグラム

• Berk, berk, brek